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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
[[Image:marina$spreckels-mansion.jpg]] | [[Image:marina$spreckels-mansion.jpg]] | ||
The Sugar Palace | '''The Sugar Palace''' | ||
[[Image:Spreckels mansion at 2080 Washington St AAC-6017.jpg]] | |||
'''''' | '''Entry way to 2080 Washington Street''' | ||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | |||
[[Image:Claus Spreckels AAD-3012.jpg]] | |||
'' | '''Claus Spreckels''' | ||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | |||
The Spreckels Mansion, 2080 Washington St. This outrageous circa-1912 chateau, famous for its ornate French Baroque limestone facade, is known as the Sugar Palace, since it was built with the Spreckels' sugar fortune. George and [[Alma Spreckels|Alma Spreckels]] were perhaps San Francisco's best-known patrons of the arts; they gave the city the [[The Palace of the Legion of Honor|Palace of the Legion of Honor]], the museum built above the bones of Gold Rush pioneers. | |||
[[Image:Claus Spreckels 1910 DN-0008426 Chicago Daily News negatives collection Chicago History Museum.jpg]] | |||
'''Claus Spreckels in Chicago, early 20th century.''' | |||
''Photo: Chicago Daily News negatives DN-0008426, Chicago History Museum'' | |||
[[Spreckels Sugar Factory on Potrero Shore|Spreckels Sugar Factory on Potrero Shore]] | |||
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Revision as of 17:47, 2 March 2015
Unfinished History
The Sugar Palace
Entry way to 2080 Washington Street
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Claus Spreckels
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
The Spreckels Mansion, 2080 Washington St. This outrageous circa-1912 chateau, famous for its ornate French Baroque limestone facade, is known as the Sugar Palace, since it was built with the Spreckels' sugar fortune. George and Alma Spreckels were perhaps San Francisco's best-known patrons of the arts; they gave the city the Palace of the Legion of Honor, the museum built above the bones of Gold Rush pioneers.
Claus Spreckels in Chicago, early 20th century.
Photo: Chicago Daily News negatives DN-0008426, Chicago History Museum